Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), aka the ‘Winter Blues’, is a temporary type of winter depression where you feel depressed in the Fall and Winter months when daylight hours are limited, but feel better in the Spring and Summer.  SAD affects approximately three million people in the US, with women being 4 times as likely as men to experience symptoms. It primarily affects those...

Tangerine is a machine! It's a powerhouse fruit and essential oil, and who doesn't love the scent and taste of fresh tangerines?  Did you know that Tangerine EO (Citrus Reticulata) is a powerful immune system booster and antioxidant? It also helps to dissolve cholesterol gallstones, and supports and reverses damage in your liver and pancreas. At a cellular level it helps protect cells from oxidative damage, helps your body generate new cells, and it can boost your energy so you can get through your busy day. According to...

Need a little love? Seriously, who doesn't these days? Feeling loved and valued gives true meaning to life, making us all feel safe, secure and connected. Showing love to yourself and others creates a sense of contentment, fulfillment and purpose, and love is the glue that bonds everyone and everything together. Roses sym...

Feeling overwhelmed? You're definitely not alone my friend.   Overwhelm can be defined as being 'buried or drowning beneath a huge mass' of circumstances, obligations, or feelings beyond your control. It's not just one thing, it's everything: Your family, finances, friends, work, chores, the news, and everyone is feeling the pressure. Nothing is normal anymore.  You may feel that so much is weighing you down, or crashing down on you, that you can't get away. You can't breathe, or take a break. And the stress can feel unbearable.  I've been there, and feeling anxious is no joke. I've discovered a few things that help me work through feeling overwhelmed, and to get to back to fe...

The foundation for vibrant health starts with getting a night of restful sleep. Sounds easy enough, but for many people it’s just not possible, or even imaginable without taking a sleeping pill. And the side effects the next morning can be worse than not sleeping at all. Fortunately, there are several things that actually work to help you get a good night’s sleep without drugs, and here are a few that help me, especially if I’m feeling ...

We hear about the importance of including fiber in our diets all the time, but getting enough fiber from your diet may be difficult, even if you’re eating a mostly clean, whole food diet. Fiber is the indigestible part of the plant that is essential in moving the food you eat through your digestive tract. Dietary fiber comes in 2 forms: Soluble fiber, which dissolves easily in water, creating a gel-like substance in your colon, and Non-soluble fiber, which remains intact as it moves through your gut, basically acting like a clog buster as it pushes through your digestive tract. We need both types of fiber to maintain healthy digestion, and that’s why I’m sharing 5 benefits of taking fiber daily. One huge problem hindering our ab...

I know a little something about feeling anxious, and let me just say it sucks. Some days I can feel it creeping up on me, trying to take over and shut me down. And it seems to come out of nowhere, when everything else is going great, then BAM! It lets me know it’s still there, and it tries to make me feel stupid and ashamed. Obviously something is wrong with me if I can’t keep it under control, right? It’s something I’ve dealt with and managed for over 10 years, and now I’m sharing my top 5 best ways to stop feeling anxious, or maybe 6 ways. My suggestions are from a more holistic, natur...